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The Green Code is a place-based development strategy that builds on Buffalo’s award-winning comprehensive plan, Queen City in the 21st Century. The Comprehensive Plan set the agenda for the city’s future by outlining four fundamental principles: fix the basics; build on assets; implement smart growth; and embrace sustainability.

The Green Code follows up on this effort with a two-step process. The first step translates the Comprehensive Plan’s principles into a Land Use Plan that will guide the city’s physical development over the next 20 years. The second step is a new Zoning Ordinance designed to implement the Land Use Plan.

The Mayor’s Office of Strategic Planning is overseeing development of the Green Code. A Citizen’s Advisory Committee has been appointed by Mayor Brown to assist with public participation, and a Technical Advisory Committee is providing input on technical issues. A consultant team has been assembled to assist with preparing the Land Use Plan and Zoning Ordinance. Together they will comprise Buffalo’s “Unified Development Ordinance.”

Camiros, Ltd., Lead Consultant

Goody Clancy, Urban Design

Code Studio, Consistency Review

Urban Design Project, Community Engagement